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Asia, arsenic toxicity

Several adulterants added to nonherbal supplements, vitamins, and herbal medicine preparations can cause renal dysfunction and renal failure. Aristolochic acid is used as a herbal remedy for weight loss and has been reported to cause Chinese herb nephropathy characterized by extensive interstitial fibrosis with tubular atrophy and loss. Herbal medicine preparations produced in South Asia contain potentially harmful levels of lead, mercury, and/or arsenic which can lead to renal toxicity. [Pg.567]

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